PLOT : Jointly created by the judges,
JUDGES : The Fool, Naba and Mixi
EXERCISE:
Write the story of the Trojan War with a narrative that creates a comic mood. This was inspired from the movie 'Life is Beautiful' that tells a depressing story in a humorous way. To standardize the version of the story used, please use the plot of the movie 'Troy' You can find the plot here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_(film)
RULES FOR EXERCISE 7:
1. The plot should cover 80-90% of the events in the movie
2. No major new characters or events to be added.
3. Overall the story should have the reader chuckling away most of the time. The techniques you use to achieve this is up to you.
4. You can use any 'Point of View' of your choice that best suits this exercise in your opinion. Even a minor character who is not critical to plot can be narrator or a neutral third party narrative is permissible
4. You can use any 'Point of View' of your choice that best suits this exercise in your opinion. Even a minor character who is not critical to plot can be narrator or a neutral third party narrative is permissible
5. Not more than 3000 words.
General ground rules:
1. The entry has to be sent by e-mail to the workshop e-mail id posted on FB along with Exercise declaration.
1. The entry has to be sent by e-mail to the workshop e-mail id posted on FB along with Exercise declaration.
2. The entry should be in the body of the mail. Do not send as attachment
3. The body of the mail should contain (in order): Title of story, Author Name, Author Intro, Story. If an entry is not complete in all respects it shall not be considered a valid entry.
4. The post shall be carried in this blog. You are required to post in your blog either a link to your post on this blog or your entire post with a link to your post on this blog . Once your entry is put up, the link to your entry shall be put up on the Indifiction group in FB – and within 48 hours of the link being put up on FB, you are requested to post in your blog and intimate the post link on FB. Otherwise, your entry shall be taken down from the blog.
5. The judges’ decision shall be final and the winners will be required to give the plot line, critique every entry as well as declare the winners of the next edition (Exercise 6). The judges of the previous edition – Janaki Nagaraj, Medha Kapoor and Prasanna Rao - shall not be declared as winners in this edition even if their entries happen to be the best. This is in order to ensure that the load of judging does not fall disproportionately on a few.
6. Though it is not obligatory, we do request everyone to take the time to read and give constructive criticism on as many posts as they can possibly manage.
7. Please note that there shall be no extensions of deadline. If we face a situation of insufficient entries, we shall still close the exercise and proceed with the next with volunteer judges.
Timelines for Exercise 7:
Exercise 7 begins:
Exercise 7 concludes:
Exercise 7 results/judges comments: Sunday, 7th
Exercise 8 begins:
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